401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Basf Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 12,806
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $467,087
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Basf Corporation · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$6.0B in assets, 12,806 participants
Basf Corporation's Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reported $6.0B in total assets and 12,806 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #18,630 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan covers 12,806 participants in New Jersey, 15x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $6.0B.
- #18,630
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +4.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 60×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$5,981,520,636 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (12,806 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $603M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $6.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 13,152 in the plan year 2022 filing to 12,806 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 161090809 · Basf Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan · $6.0B · 12,806 · 100th
- BOY $6.0B
- BOY 12,806
- BOY 100th
- BOY 401(k)
- BOY near Motorola Solutions 401(k) Plan
- BOY ind #18630
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in New Jersey →
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.0B |
| Net Income | $603M |
| Employer EIN | 161090809 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2007-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Basf Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Basf Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $8.6B 6.649327745108343% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 19,158 | $8.1B |
| 2023 | 4 | 17,798 | $8.4B |
| 2024 | 4 | 15,945 | $8.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $44.6B · 176,610
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $27.8B · 78,072
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $22.2B · 41,291
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $15.5B · 59,346
- Merck US Savings Plan $13.4B · 26,850
Scale composition for Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan reports $6.0B in end-of-year assets across 12,806 participants (0.049% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $467,087 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $603M.
This plan identity (EIN 161090809, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.7B to $6.3B (+11.2%) while covered participants moved from 13,152 to 11,317 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,152 | $5.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 12,806 | $6.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 11,317 | $6.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 11,317 participants)
- Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.6B, 2,805 participants)
- Basf Corporation Consolidated Bargaining Unit Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $352M, 449 participants)
- Basf Corporation Bargaining Unit Savings Plan (401(k), $336M, 1,374 participants)
Basf Corporation Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Motorola Solutions 401(k) Plan in IL ($6.0B); by covered participants it is Petvet Care Centers Management, LLC Retirement Savings Plan in CT (12,807 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.0B here).
- Motorola Solutions 401(k) Plan (IL) $6.0B · 9,365
- Intermountain Healthcare Savings Plus 401(k) Plan (UT) $6.0B · 46,680
- 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of Nike, Inc. (OR) $5.9B · 40,345
- National Grid USA Co. Incentive Thrift Plan (NY) $5.9B · 16,248
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (12,806 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Petvet Care Centers Management, LLC Retirement Savings Plan (CT) 12,807 · 1 off
- The Principal Select Savings Plan (IA) 12,827 · 21 off
- Bellsouth Savings and Security Plan (TX) 12,774 · 32 off
- Gpm Investments 401(k) Plan (VA) 12,769 · 37 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.